Kevin Borg says Westonka School Board has authorized an outside investigation of the Feb. 22 events.
Kids were taken to Christ Lutheran Church and returned to normal activities after about 20 minutes.
Wayzata High School won 5-2 over Benilde-St. Margaret Wednesday.
Team of Wayzata High School students take first in their challenge at regionals and are favorites heading into the State Tournament in April.
Karen Orcutt has served as Orono’s superintendent since 2004.
Saturday's competition at the University of St. Thomas will include students from Excelsior, Wayzata, Minnetonka and several other area schools.
The Westonka Archery Club has approximately 120 students grades K-10 participating this year—possibly the club’s highest enrollment ever.
Monica Shukle and Mandy Isaacs will complete their All-State Choir experience this weekend with a concert at Bethel College in St. Paul.
Jack Ellis qualified for the NIETOC Tournament this month, and sets yet another record for the Orono Spartan Speech Team
Find out where these Westonka wrestlers landed after their high school wrestling days.
At the end of each quarter teachers are asked to name a distinguished student in each broad subject area for each grade level.
Award recipients will be recognized on KSTC-TV, Channel 45 during the broadcast of the Minnesota State High School League winter tournaments. They also will take part in an on-court award ceremony during the Girls' State Basketball Tournament in Ma
Gretchen Chilson will join other Minnesota musicians on 2014 European tour that will include concerts and sightseeing in London, Paris, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein and Italy.
Mound Westonka H.S. Student Senate Raises Funds and Collects Food.
Sixth grader is blazing a trail in the sport of snowmobile racing
A Wayzata Public Schools study found that fifty percent of Wayzata parents say their teen “lacks energy” possibly due to early school start times. Teachers say kids learn better in the afternoon.
In addition to being selected for the Junior National Team, Scott Harrison has also moved up to second in the state high school rankings this week and was named to the All-Wright County Conference team.
Wayzata Synchronized Swimming and Wayzata High School Gymnastics raised more than $2,000 for Minnesota Special Olympics.
By winning the competition, the four students and their coaches earned an all-expenses paid trip to Washington, DC to compete in the Annual Future Cities National Finals during National Engineers Week, Feb. 15-19.
The district was honored by the state once before, in 2008, while Orono's Schumann Elementary, Orono Middle School and Orono High School have all been recognized nationally with Promising Practice Awards.
Krista Fisher has taught small group English and small group guided studies for 11 years at Westonka.
After taking 1st place at the Eastview tournament and 3rd place at both the Orono and Hutchinson tournaments, the girls traveled up north to Duluth over the weekend for the St. Luke’s Icebreaker girl’s tournament.
Dr. Diann Ackard will offer information to parents about eating disorders, body image concerns, self esteem and depression in children.
Proceeds from this year's Fun Fest will be used to support instructional programs at Orono Schumann Elementary and Orono Intermediate School.
The youth wrestlers were also accompanied by several White Hawk varsity wrestlers, who mentor the youth at tournaments.
Abraham Thaler was chosen based on academic accomplishments and a demonstrated interest and excellence in journalism and media studies.
An online petition has been started to appeal to the Arch Bishop, and parents are beginning plans to open a new school in the Lake Minnetonka area in time for the 2012-13 school year.
From "Come as you Are Day" to class competitions, each day during the last week of January will feature something fun for kids and the community.
Leah Pinault and Bryan Tierney chosen for going above and beyond both in and out of the classroom.
Representing Westonka were Leah Pinault, Zach Blume, Hannah Randklev, Grant Harrison, Kristen Holmberg, Timmy Levens, Rob Stokes, Elle Montgomery and Hanna Brustad.
The Sunshine Foundation is the original wish granting organization. They have granted over 36,000 dreams to children abused, physically challenged and chronically ill since 1976.
A larger student population has board members thinking about ways to accommodate 3,700 kids.
The White Hawks will continue their tough schedule when they travel to Hutchinson on Thursday, Jan. 17 to take on the state-ranked Tigers, as well as the nationally ranked St. Michael-Albertville Knights.
Rates were higher in December, and only scattered faculty absences being blamed on flu.
Patch.com catches up with senior, Danny Willson, of the Orono boy's hockey team.
Jodie Rasicot has taught kindergarten at Shirley Hills for four years. This spring she will start her Masters Program from Concordia University.
Kevin Borg says passage of bond request by voters last year will allow district to make security improvements to our facilities
Each classroom collected items for needy families in the Westonka area, which were delivered to WeCAN (Western Communities Action Network).
When a winter storm occurs overnight, the process of deciding whether to delay or close school begins around 4 a.m.
In the last month, two seniors—Samantha Hartmann and Erin Briggs—signed letters of intent to participate in sports at the University of Minnesota-Duluth and Virginia University, respectively.